With pretty much the whole team being drawn into the Beta it was interesting to see the reaction from other gamers.These numbers show there is an interest in Bungie's new project and by the numbers being quoted the game is looking at a huge release later this year.

Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Bungie, today confirmed millions of people have played their upcoming and award-winning game Destiny during their beta test to gather vital information in preparation for launch. The Destiny Beta included a sampling of major activities featured in the full game. The beta began first on PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 on July 17 and came to a close Sunday evening, with 4,638,937 unique players participating.

“This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “Hosting a beta at this scale is an incredible feat, so we’re thrilled to see the phenomenal response. But the beta is just a taste of what’s to come. We’re counting down the days to our launch day, September 9th.”

“We were totally blown away by the number of people who played the beta,” said Pete Parsons, COO of Bungie. “We surpassed even our own goals and the feedback was invaluable. We cannot thank the community enough, the response was humbling and in the weeks ahead we’ll be working hard to ensure that Destiny lives up to the expectations at launch.”

Join the Backwards Compatible Crew as they give their thoughts about the Destiny Alpha. They were lucky enough to be part of the chosen few who got to get a first look at the upcoming open world MMORPG Shooter from Bungie and so they give their thoughts about the first build of the game.

So Bungie have announced the worldwide launch date for their bold new title Destiny. This release was posted on the Bungie blog and can be seen here.Unfortunately for some the only other mouth watering reveal is that the Beta will be in the summer with exclusive access to PS3/4 players. I will leave you with a direct quote from the post to really get you in the Bungie mindset.

There should be a stage in every product where the ludicrous is thought possible, where the team blazes trails right to the edge of the abyss in a hundred directions. Only through great risks are great things truly achieved.